CNC Project - DIY Rack Mount Firewall/Router - Part 1

CNC Project - DIY Rack Mount Firewall/Router - Part 1

A two part CNC project to custom machine a rack mount chassis to house a pfsense firewall/router. Time to take control of the data being harvested out of my network.

The parts came to £229 - quite a bit cheaper than a Cisco or Juniper offering :-)

[dangoodhead]

You can also put pf sense on a ready-built appliance like an old watchguard. I got one on facebook market place with pf sense on already for £75 all in. Looks good in my rack too!

[ceweka]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing this video. I don't know your channel, but this video popped up in my suggestions and since I like build videos this was pretty interesting. I only have a minor correction. pfSense is based on FreeBSD which is not Linux. You might have unintentionally irritated a number of people there.

Thanks again.

Cheers

[ninpauline]

@I_Made_This dono how old this vid is but wouldn't it be a good idea to put some vents on the right of the case as you have got an exhaust fan at the top and a small one with the psu but no intake ?

[larscw]

This is an interesting project. I have an old Silverstone SUGO which I could use for something like this. Would it be possible to also run a NAS from such system if needed?

[TheRangeControl]

What type of machine do you use?

I'm pondering upgrading my X-Carve, but I am torn based upon both rigidity and the belt system.

Could you please give us a tour of your CNC rig?

[RGD-Games]

can i ask what model that motherboard is please? I am interested in following your video to build myself a PFsense router, and that motherboard with twin 1gb LAN, sounds perfect to me too..
cheers

[JoeCrowman]

why you living in kitchen, where is your wife?